Ancient Locations

The Department of Linguistics and Philology is a part of the Faculty of Languages, and therefore within the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences. It is responsible for research and education in African and Asian languages and cultures, the European classical languages, as well as linguistics and computational linguistics.

Olof Pedersén

Professor in Assyriology. His research has treated different central aspects of the use of written documentation within the older cultures in the Ancient Near East and the relation between the written and the material historical evidence.

Nearest sites

Sadad, Zedad, circa 19.6 km (12.2 mi) south
Tell el-Kalaiya, circa 27.2 km (16.9 mi) north
Emesa, Hamath-zobah?, Hims, circa 33.7 km (21 mi) north-west
Qatna, Tell Mishrifeh, circa 39.2 km (24.4 mi) north
Qadesh, Laodicea ad Libanum, circa 40 km (24.9 mi) west
Tunip, circa 52.1 km (32.4 mi) north
Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, circa 52.8 km (32.8 mi) south
Qalat esh-Shmemis, circa 61.3 km (38.1 mi) north
Tell Khadr, circa 61.5 km (38.2 mi) north
Jabrudu, Yabrud, circa 63.8 km (39.6 mi) south-west
Krak des Chevaliers, circa 66.8 km (41.5 mi) west
Er-Rubba, circa 71.5 km (44.5 mi) north
Hamath, Epiphania, Hama, circa 74.3 km (46.2 mi) north
Tell Arzah, circa 79.7 km (49.5 mi) north
Humairé, circa 81.2 km (50.5 mi) west
Irqata, Arkite, Arqa, circa 82.8 km (51.4 mi) west
Tell Sebael, circa 84.3 km (52.4 mi) west
Safita, circa 84.5 km (52.5 mi) west
Mansuate, Qalaat Misyaf, circa 84.7 km (52.7 mi) north-west
Tall al Abadi, Tell el-Ibadi, circa 85.3 km (53 mi) north
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ID 5561, created 5 Apr 2011, 20:14, Last changed 24 May 2014, 10:38